Year: 2021

WRMJ spoke with Lori Yazbeck from Cadillac, Michigan on Sunday. She has spent the last week at the Keithsburg Campground. Yazbeck is traveling the country in her late son’s van raising suicide awareness. You can [FULL STORY]

The Rockridge School District sees an increase in enrollment this school year. The numbers from Unit 300 Superintendent Perry Miller. The sixth day enrollment information was presented to the Rockridge School Board last week.

Memories being shared about the late Harold “Spike” Heck and his love of the Mercer County Fair and fairgrounds. Heck died in an accident last Friday. From current Mercer County Fair Board President Rex McWhorter: [FULL STORY]

An accident at the Mercer County Fairgrounds claims the life of an Aledo man. The Mercer County Coroner’s office reports 80-year-old Harold Heck was pronounced dead at the scene Friday afternoon. The mishap occurred just [FULL STORY]

The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation continues to serve its purpose in Mercer County. Local economic development, cultural, recreational, and educational causes have been on the receiving end says Kelly Thompson with the Quad Cities Community Foundation, [FULL STORY]

There’s been plenty of debate about the Constitution on social media these days, but an Illinois school is taking it to the lecture hall. Monmouth College is presenting a program called the “Health of the [FULL STORY]